The Next Big Idea

AI & THE BRAIN: How Different Are They?


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Today's AI runs on neural networks, a design originally inspired by the human brain. As these systems grow more sophisticated, they're raising a profound question: Even if they don't work exactly like our brains, could something resembling a "mind" eventually emerge from the machines we're building?

Guests: Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland

Book: The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines

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